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Privacy is the new celebrity | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I think the proof of this is that gen Y prefers communicating via social media rather than emai l; news travels faster, via larger groups of people. I am constantly telling people to get a strong career by managing their professional profile online. Most people making money from the Internet do, in some way, sell their privacy.

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My birthday post | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I was so scared, all the time, that people would find out and then hate me. People ask me all the time how they can get more readers to their blog. It took work to make myself into a guy that makes people laugh. It's very scary to have a messy financial life. I wondered if my son thought I looked like other parents.

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Do you overemphasize happiness? | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I don’t think people are happy or unhappy. For one thing, people who are happy do not look for a lot of choices, according to Barry Schwartz, in his book, The Paradox of Choice. I think this because I’ve lived in NYC, where people value having a wide range of choices and opportunities over having a life that makes them feel happy.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

He went to college, probably, because so many people told him to. Most people get jobs from their network, not from a career center. It used to be that people only did writing and critical thinking for school. Students today don’t need teachers who don’t know how to write a blog post to teach them how to persuade people.

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Martin Luther King Day Special: Racism is alive and kicking.

Penelope Trunk

He said, “City people probably think so. Before there were animals there was the flag, rising above the dirt ring, and the announcer saying everyone should sing the Star Spangled Banner to honor “the flag that protects our troops, and our churches and our great country.” But most farmers don’t.” I looked at the kids.

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